Improvement in cotton-seed planters



N. B. SHERWOOD.

Cotton Planter. l

' Patene June 5. 1866.

No. 55y "2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.Y

N. B. SHERWOOD, OF MILLVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON- SEED PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,372, (lated June 5, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, N. B. SHERWOOD, of Millville, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Seed Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specilication, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of my invention, the front casing being removed. Fig. 2 is a face View of a section of the feeder-belt B, showing the relative arrangement of the clusters of teeth t.

This invention consists, mainly, in the employment on this class ot' planters of a revolving feeder-belt provided with clusters of suitable delivery-teeth, also a iixed separatingbrush to prevent the delivery-teeth from carrying out more than the desired quantity of seed at a time, arevolving discharge-brush havin g a greater speed than the belt and running with it in such. a relative relation as to eft'ectually brush the seed from the delivery hooks or teeth, and also a false back or apron within the case having an automaticA adjustment in such a way as to secure the effectual delivery of seed to the teeth as long as there may be any remaining in the box.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

I provide a suitable case, A, which should be of sufficient size to contain the necessary delivery machinery and also a desirable quantity of seed. The belt-roller() has afixed axis in the sides of the case, and its axial shaft connects with the driving-wheel on one of the ground-wheels by suitable gears. The other roller, D, has adjustable journal-boxes, which are fitted properly in gains cutin the sides of the casing A, and have tension-screws, S, operating through the xed bridge-bars b. This roller may be arranged directly over the other, or on an angle either way, as may be desired or circumstances or convenience might seem to require. Thee rollers may be geared. together if desire The belt B may be made of leather, as represented,and the delivery-teeth t driven through it, or any other suitable material may be used, such as canvas, rubber, or links of sheet metal.

It canvas is preferred, it would be well to attach the teeth to thin metal plates, and rivet or otherwise fasten the plates to the belt.

The teeth here shown are made in pairs,

similar to card-teeth.

The separating-brush E should be arranged I object of reversing the motion of this roller is,

that the side impinging upon the belt shall move with it, and thereby effect the entire discharge of every seed taken from the hopper by the teeth t. This brush F may be arranged as shown in the drawings, or at the top of the delivery-belt, or at any interlnediate point, if V desired. If it be arranged at the top the chute-board S should be dispensed with. I rather prefer the latter arrangement on account of its simplyfying the construction.

The seltadjusting back G is hinged to the case A at the bottom and made to fit loosely between the sides. To the top of this swinging back is hooked a cord, c, or its equivalent, which is passed over a pulley, or through a loop or an eyebolt at a, and the end attached to a weight of suitable gravity to cause the back G to follow up as fast as the seed is removed by the teeth until the supply in the hopper is entirely exhausted.

The toothed belt Bis made to constitute one side or end of the hopper or seed-box, and the back G the opposite side or end, and by running the belt so as to carry the seeds upward out of the hopper they are prevented from matting down or packing together, which is the eifect in ordinary machines, both on account of the devices for delivering the seeds being arranged to run either horizontally or downward and also the peculiar nature and condition of all cotton-seed.

This machine may be very easily adapted to planting other seeds by substituting on the belt suitable cups for the teeth t for elevating.

The belt B might, perhaps, be dispensed with by using a single feed-roller or wheel with the teeth t and the separating and the distributing brushes E and F.

When the back Gis in the position indicated by the dotted lines G there can no seed remain in the box.

One or more of the cases A may be arranged upon the frame of an ordinary grain-drill or' seeding-machine, and, as above stated, the shaft of the roller C may be connected to one of the ground-wheels by the ordinary gearing used for such purposes, and the same shaft may be extended through all the cases used on each machine, or made separate and connected together between the cases. The usual appliances for that purpose convey the seeds from the open space at H into the ground.

What claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s

YY1. The vertically-revolving feeder-belt B, constructed and operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein shown and described.

2. The fixed separating-brush E, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth, in combination with the vertically-revolvin g belt B.

3. The revolving discharge-brush F, arranged and operating in connection with the belt B substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

et. The employment or use of the automatically-adjustable back G of thegrain or seed hopper, in combination with the delivery devices.

5. Constructing and arranging the parts so that the belt B, Whether vertical or inclined, shall constitute one side orend of the hopper or seed-box, as set forth.

6. So arranging and operating` the toothed belt B or delivery devices in this class of seedplanters as to convey the seed upward out of the hopper or box, for the purpose set forth.

N. B. SHERVVOOD.

fitnesses WM. S. LoUGHBoRoUGH, P. T. TURNER. 

